The battle for Callas’ belongings
BBC News - The dresses include a jade green chiffon evening gown by her Milanese fashion designer friend Elvira Leonardi Bouyeure - known better as Biki - which Callas wore at one of her last public performances in Carnegie Hall in New York in 1974. But it is
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This party’s door never closes
San Francisco Gate - First, an unlikely trip to a supply store at Fisherman’s Wharf for rope; then, a lesson from Les the fisherman on how to tie a monkey-fist knot to fashion faux pomegranates securely into a striking seasonal chandelier. Next, a contemporary backdrop
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Former reporter finds her calling: `socialization’
Miami Herald - The boutique will carry footwear, handbags, belts and costume jewelry from such hot designers and fashion labels as Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch, Pedro Garcia, Juicy Couture, Coach and BCBG. Other South Miami merchants are joining him in the Village.
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Designer offers luxury, craftsmanship
Miami Herald - Tomas Maier wasn’t born Tomas Maier. He was Thomas Maier. It wasn’t until after he’d left behind Pforzheim, Germany, for Paris at 19 and was ready to put his name on a fashion label that he found the ”h” so bothersome. There it stood, messing up
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Taking land off tax rolls has price
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Higgins said the county should reimburse the township in some fashion if it buys land. The town board, in a letter to the county, said taxes on land under consideration would dwindle to zero under public ownership. The implications “have a dramatic
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